BAMEX Operations Center Functions Daily Planning Meeting Facility Status Forecasting Nowcasting Field Catalog Research Flight Planning Operations Coordination AircraftATC GBOS Logistics Data/Products Display System LAN

BAMEX Daily Timeline for Operations Time T 0 -1 T 0 T 0 +Δt T 0 +9 (CDT) Forecast Team Preparation Update for present- day IOP (if needed) Daily Planning Meeting POD Finalized (tomorrow) Final aircraft Go/No go decision (fuel aircraft) 1 st Aircraft take-off 2 nd, 3 rd Aircraft takeoff Aircraft return to STL GBOS setup (17 – 19) GBOS deployment GBOS update Daily Operations Summary Posted to Catalog Nowcast Support (as required) Evening Update

Status Coordinator BAMEX PIs Weather Forecast Team Daily Planning Meeting  Previous mission summary  Instrument and platform status  Today’s update  Tomorrow’s forecast and outlook Daily Planning Meeting  Previous mission summary  Instrument and platform status  Today’s update  Tomorrow’s forecast and outlook Mission Plan  Scientific objectives & alternatives  Type of flight plan & alternatives  Alert sequence  Takeoff time Operations Support Team Science Director; Operations Director Coordinators: status, aircraft, GBOS  Proposals and discussion  Tomorrow’s mission decision  Special Observations  Administrative announcements  Airborne mission scientist(s)  GBOS movements  Sounding launch schedule Mission Proposals BAMEX Daily Planning Process

BAMEX Operations Center Staff Operations Director Dirks, Moore, Stossmeister A/C Coordinator Meitin, Williams GBOS Coordinator Dowell, Trapp GBOS Logistics Coordinator ?? Dropsonde Coordinator Knievel, Bartels, Ahijevych Status Coordinator ?? Site Coordinator Dirks, Moore System Administrator Daniels, Burghart Administrative Assistant Tignor, Sandoval, Beard, Ray Catalog/Data Coordinator Roberts, Loehrer, Goldstein Nowcast/Forecast Coordinator Weisman, Przybylinski, Bosart Forecast Team 8-12 people, 2 weeks each Nowcast Team people, 2 weeks each Student Assistants UCLA, UI, SUNYA, UMO, SLU, NCAR …

BAMEX Operations Center Layout Operations/Nowcasting/Communications Center (telephones, terminals, fax) Operations Director/Aircraft Coordinator cubicles Meeting area (including projection system) In-field data management center (catalog ingest, operational datasets, sounding data, etc.) Air crew staging area Systems administration support area

Mid America Airport (MAA) Operations Center Layout Operations and Forecasting Aircraft Facilities Ramp and Runway Main Entrance Car Parking Lot 20’ 10 ’ 25’

Airport Security-Badges (Only For Ramp Access – All Regular Flight Crew) 1.Fingerprint – Local Law Enforcement Agency 2.Employment History Form 3.ID Application Form web forms - URL Submit ASAP – At least 3 weeks before arrival To: Mid America Airport, Office of Public Safety 9768 Airport Blvd. Mascoutah, IL Other restricted area access by escort only Foreign National Badges

BAMEX Operations Center Displays FSL FX-Net workstations (operational weather products) BAMEX Field Catalog (research data products, operational data products, documentation) Aircraft position/data display system (satellite overlay, radar composite overlay (RDCC)  Aircraft position from 3 aircraft  WSR 88D Level III NIDS products  MM sounding display Assorted participant web access/ workstations Workstations for other “specialized” products (e.g.SUDS)

Reports Daily Operations Summary IOP mission reports Facility Status Reports Forecasts,Nowcasts Operational Products Satellite, Soundings Surface, Radar Model/Forecast Products ETA/GFS products SPC discussion Research Model Products Research Products Aircraft plots Airborne radar GBOS plots Dropsondes Missions IOP Table Cross-reference to other products Tools/Misc Authoring forms Product submission User guide Other links

FIELD CATALOG SAMPLE PRODUCTS

Internet BAMEX Operations Center Mid-America Airport, IL (BOC) Ops. Coordination Science Team Facility Status In-field Analysis Forecast/Nowcast Data Ingest BAMEX Field Catalog Data Collection GBOS Coordination LAN/Wireless Logistics ATC/Military Coord. BAMEX Communications Overview NWS WFO St. Louis, MO Operational Weather Data Specialized Model Data NAWIPS Severe Weather Alerts NCAR, NOAA, Rest of the World Aircraft Coordination Center Mid-America Airport, IL NRL P-3 Post Flight Debriefings NOAA P-3 Mission Planning Dropsonde Jet A/c Status Updates Data Processing A/c Logistics Scientist Remote Access Project Aircraft T-1 Internet Cell Phone Sat Phone VHF, HF Image relay Sat. Phone Image, Position Data Relay Dial-up Modem Internet Provider Mobile Field Systems SMART-R, MIPS, MGLASS, MMesonets VHF radio

Operations Center Products to be Received from Research Facilities GBOS (including MM?, Sondes, MIPS) –Armada position –Mobile Mesonet data (time series, maps) –Mobile CLASS soundings (data) –Time/height profiles plots, ceilometer products, temperature, water vapor, cloud water (MIPS) Aircraft –Position –Low-resolution radar images –Dropsonde profiles Model Products –MM5, WRF, RAMS

BAMEX Communications Airborne and Ground-Based Considerations Current/planned communications capabilities Cell phones (voice/data) [limited coverage area] VHF/UHF/HF radio (voice) [air-air direct, air-ground direct] Packet radio (data, 900 MHz digital) [GBOS] Land phone lines (voice/data) [limited access] Satellite phone (voice) Satellite data downlinks [data duplex] Semaphores

CellLand VHF 160–170 MHz UHF 223–399 Sat. Comm. (Voice) HF 3–360 GHz Sat. Comm. Data Dropsonde Jet NRL-P3 NOAA P3 Mobile Mes. Mobile Sondes Ops Center MIPS BAMEX Research Facilities Comms Capabilities = Planned= Existing

NRL P3 D/J NOAA P3 M/MM/SMIPS BO C NRL P3 Dropsonde Jet NOAA P3 M. Mes. M. Sondes MIPS BOC Critical BAMEX Facilities Comms Links = Planned= Existing

BAMEX Communication Issues Who needs what communications capabilities? Who, from the ground, needs to communicate with which aircraft? What aircraft data are needed on the ground (flight tracks, radar images, soundings)? What ground data are needed on the aircraft (radar composites, nowcasts, terminal weather)? Field mobile systems data available in near real time for: Nowcasting (soundings, mobile Mesonet, text [this includes proposed CSU satellite Mesonet plots] Mesoscale model ingest Position updating in the BOC Intercomparison coordination issues Timing of update information from BOC (nowcasts, GBOS deployment, etc.)

BAMEX Communication Issues Critical links with Doppler P-3s and BOC/GBOS (duplex , images required, voice desirable) Critical links with Dropsonde A/C and BOC (duplex data link required, voice desirable) Critical links among aircraft (voice mandatory [pilot-pilot, scientist-scientist], relay from ground desirable) What aircraft data are needed on the ground (flight tracks, radar images, soundings, drop points)? What ground data are needed on the aircraft (radar composites [plots from BOC and WSI], nowcasts, terminal weather updates, launch points/times, GBOS plots)? Timing of update information from BOC (nowcasts, GBOS deployment, daily operations summary, etc.) Field mobile systems data available in near real time for: Nowcasting (soundings, profiles, mobile probe vehicle, text ) Mesoscale model ingest? Position updating in the BOC Are there intercomparison coordination considerations?